Fantasy Football Tonight 8/3
THE OKLAHOMA DRILL
The talk of Cincinnati Bengals camp thus far has been an exercise called "The Oklahoma Drill". Journeyman WR Maurice Purify blew away new Bengals safety Roy Williams in the drill and really embarrassed the 5 time Pro-Bowler. This Oklahoma Drill has been brought up to me already several times this week and luckily we will all get a chance to see what exactly this entails. The Bengals are the featured team on HBO's hit series Hard Knocks. I am told the very first episode will have footage of this famous Oklahoma Drill for all to see.
TOO MANY DROPS
I didn't like the selection of Darrius Heyward-Bey 7th overall by the Raiders at the draft and nothing since has changed my mind. DHB as they call him now has 7 dropped passes in the first two practices and is continuing what plagued him in college. He doesn't like contact and often lack concentration in looking the ball into his hands. DHB is always worried somebody is around him waiting to knock his block off and that leads to the drops we are seeing now. There's no doubting his speed but he's looked so bad early on that Al Davis himself came over to talk with him and members of the coaching staff. That's never a good sign.
ISN'T THAT SWEED?
Second year WR Limas Sweed has been playing terrific lately. He is running his routes precisely, getting down field quicker and keeping control of the defenders and his own body when making tough catches. The coaching staff has been very impressed with the play of Sweed the past few days. With his height and size/speed combination he is definitely one to watch this summer and a big time fantasy sleeper.
FREAKY INJURY REPORT
The Lions WR Bryant Johnson has already suffered the strangest injury of anyone so far this summer as he sustained severe cuts, bumps and bruises after his golf cart that he was riding in tipped over and rolled down a hill. I am hearing that the injuries are fairly bad and may keep him out of practice for the entire week or more. Dennis Northcutt and Derrick Williams have been filling in for Johnson with Williams looking very average out there. He is sluggish and cannot beat the block at the line just yet.
RAMS RECEIVER UPDATES
Ronald Curry showed up to Rams camp at least a step slower than he was while with the Raiders back in the day. Still, he has made some carnival catches out there on the practice field which has made Marc Bulger look better in camp so far this season.
Brooks Foster also made some nice catches this afternoon. If you don't know who Foster is, he's the Rams 5th round pick out of North Carolina. This kid has a decent size/speed combination and makes tough catches when he has to. The Rams have quite an assortment of young receivers they will try and develop over camp and the regular season. Foster is a guy to keep your eye on this summer for sure.
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The talk of Cincinnati Bengals camp thus far has been an exercise called "The Oklahoma Drill". Journeyman WR Maurice Purify blew away new Bengals safety Roy Williams in the drill and really embarrassed the 5 time Pro-Bowler. This Oklahoma Drill has been brought up to me already several times this week and luckily we will all get a chance to see what exactly this entails. The Bengals are the featured team on HBO's hit series Hard Knocks. I am told the very first episode will have footage of this famous Oklahoma Drill for all to see.
TOO MANY DROPS
I didn't like the selection of Darrius Heyward-Bey 7th overall by the Raiders at the draft and nothing since has changed my mind. DHB as they call him now has 7 dropped passes in the first two practices and is continuing what plagued him in college. He doesn't like contact and often lack concentration in looking the ball into his hands. DHB is always worried somebody is around him waiting to knock his block off and that leads to the drops we are seeing now. There's no doubting his speed but he's looked so bad early on that Al Davis himself came over to talk with him and members of the coaching staff. That's never a good sign.
ISN'T THAT SWEED?
Second year WR Limas Sweed has been playing terrific lately. He is running his routes precisely, getting down field quicker and keeping control of the defenders and his own body when making tough catches. The coaching staff has been very impressed with the play of Sweed the past few days. With his height and size/speed combination he is definitely one to watch this summer and a big time fantasy sleeper.
FREAKY INJURY REPORT
The Lions WR Bryant Johnson has already suffered the strangest injury of anyone so far this summer as he sustained severe cuts, bumps and bruises after his golf cart that he was riding in tipped over and rolled down a hill. I am hearing that the injuries are fairly bad and may keep him out of practice for the entire week or more. Dennis Northcutt and Derrick Williams have been filling in for Johnson with Williams looking very average out there. He is sluggish and cannot beat the block at the line just yet.
RAMS RECEIVER UPDATES
Ronald Curry showed up to Rams camp at least a step slower than he was while with the Raiders back in the day. Still, he has made some carnival catches out there on the practice field which has made Marc Bulger look better in camp so far this season.
Brooks Foster also made some nice catches this afternoon. If you don't know who Foster is, he's the Rams 5th round pick out of North Carolina. This kid has a decent size/speed combination and makes tough catches when he has to. The Rams have quite an assortment of young receivers they will try and develop over camp and the regular season. Foster is a guy to keep your eye on this summer for sure.
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